It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.
Sarah Josepha HaleThere is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.
Sarah Josepha HaleWhat a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!
Sarah Josepha HaleThis is a speculating and selfish age; and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.
Sarah Josepha HaleThere can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.
Sarah Josepha HaleSome determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man, yet it lives on fruits - therefore if man followed nature, he would live on fruits and vegetables. But though the anatomical likeness between man and monkeys is striking, yet it is not complete; the difference may be and doubtless is precisely that which makes a difference of diet necessary to nourish and develope their dissimilar natures. Those who should live as the monkeys do would most closely resemble them.
Sarah Josepha Hale